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Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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Do you meet any of the following eligibilities?
I am a current employee of the Department of the Interior/Office where this vacancy is being announced and filled
To verify your eligibility as a current DOI employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (non-award) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1)
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Are you a current Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service at the same grade level, or higher as this position with the same or higher promotion potential?
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Were you formerly employed as a Federal civilian employee on a permanent competitive appointment or have you obtained career-conditional status (and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible) and have you held the same grade as this position or higher with the same or higher promotion potential?
To verify your eligibility as a current or former Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
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Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced or surplused from the agency hiring for this position; and
I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; and
I am currently in a position at the same grade level or higher than the position being announced; and
My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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Do you have a severe physical, psychiatric or mental disability that qualifies you for a Schedule A Disability appointment?
To verify your eligibility, you must provide appropriate medical documentation, i.e., a letter signed by a licensed medical professional or licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist.
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If applying up to the GS-11 grade level only, are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND you:
recently separated (within the past 3 years);
are a disabled veteran;
served on active duty during a war, campaign or expedition; OR,
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. If claiming disability preference, you must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
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Are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND you:
have a rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more; OR,
are retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. You must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
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Preferences
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Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
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My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
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Assessment 1
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For items 1 - 3, please read the following statements carefully. Your response to the following questions will determine whether you will be eligible for this position or not. If you respond "No" to any question in this section, you will not be eligible for consideration for this position.
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I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire will be true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I provide may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in me not being considered for this position.
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Are you willing to submit to an initial and periodic background investigation, including a fingerprint check and a credit check?
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Are you a current Interior Business Center employee within the Lakewood, Colorado local commuting area ?
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I acknowledge that if selected for this position, I must physically report to the duty station stated in the vacancy announcement and that this is not a 100% remote position.
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We will evaluate your resume and responses to this Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification and must be supported by your resume and supporting documents.
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Select the one statement that best describes the experience and/or education level that demonstrates you meet the Minimum Qualification requirements to perform the duties of a Quality Control Specialist, GS-0501-09.
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Select the one statement that best describes the experience and/or education level that demonstrates you meet the Minimum Qualification requirements to perform the duties of a Quality Control Specialist, GS-0501-11.
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For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Select only one letter for each item. Failure to support your answer to this questionnaire in your resume may result in a lowered score or loss of consideration.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Interprets and adapts detailed payroll policies and objectives to evaluate payroll data.
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Assesses changes in rules, regulations, and policies to determine the impact on business processes or procedures and complies with updates.
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Researches, interprets, and applies rules, regulations, and policies on current and retroactive complex payroll discrepancies.
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Possess a solid foundational knowledge in utilizing common payroll rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to facilitate consistent payroll processing.
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Interprets and applies federal laws, pay scales, and internal processes on routine or continuing current and retroactive payroll actions.
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Interprets existing laws, regulatory requirements, or system changes to determine the impact to payroll processing.
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Interprets data in personnel and payroll system to process a wide range of payroll actions.
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Presents recommendations or guidance to team members on reoccurring payroll processing issues.
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Analyzes generated reports from a payroll system to resolve retroactive pay and/or leave discrepancies.
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Researches, troubleshoots, and resolves complex data output discrepancies in correlation with federal law, pay scales, and internal processes.
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Uses personnel and payroll system to process a variety of payroll actions in an integrated system.
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Identifies, populates, and tracks data entry into an integrated payroll system to take corrective action on pay and/or leave discrepancies.
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Performs internal control management, process improvement, and development, research, and reporting to ensure accurate payroll processing.
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Researches, troubleshoots, and resolves routine output discrepancies in correlation with federal law, pay scales, and internal processes.
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Evaluates overall project and system, requirements to ensure compliance and takes corrective action as needed.
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Manages overall product performance to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
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Develops and implements plans to address potential challenges and/or opportunities in a project to make process improvements to deliver a more streamlined product for clients.
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Interprets quality management programs and processes to identify process improvement, productivity, and accuracy of payroll delivery services.
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Analyzes potential challenges and/or opportunities in a project and develops a plan for resolution.
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Evaluates overall product performance to ensure compliance with requirements and standards.
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Identifies and examines problems and solutions with long-term perspective to formulate problem solving strategies consistent with organizational goals.
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Utilizes logic and applies innovative tools and techniques to resolve complex problems and issues.
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Anticipates obvious and/or obscure potential challenges for the organization and provides recommendations to management.
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Identifies issues and problem-solving strategies consistent with organizational goals to improve payroll processes.
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Uses a variety of techniques to solve pay/leave problems to ensure consistency of payroll processing.
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Determines criteria for assessing issues and opportunities and establishes clear goals and priorities for the team.
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Identifies commonalities between different information sources and anticipates issues that might arise from the discrepancies.
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Anticipates potential problems to develop solutions and identify trends.
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Identifies relationships within several information sources to anticipate issues in order to identify root causes and present possible solutions.
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Identifies areas of training that needs improvements in order to resolve complex issues.
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Researches and interprets new and existing rules, regulation, policies, and procedures related to pay administration to determine the impact on internal and external clients.
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Interprets pay administration processes to identify issues that impact existing processes.
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Develops new processes to support accurate and timely pay of employees.
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Provides advice, guidance, and service to clients and co-workers on complex pay administration processes.
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Applies rules and regulations to policies and procedures related to pay to ensure the accuracy of payroll processing.
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Researches existing pay administration processes to include pay, leave, and benefits to identify process changes needed to support accurate and timely pay of employees.
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Answers basic questions related to pay administration to internal and external clients.
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